CQUniversity Unit Profile
PODI13014 Diabetes in Podiatry Practice
Diabetes in Podiatry Practice
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General Information

Overview

This unit focuses on all aspects of diabetes as a chronic disease including the epidemiology, diagnosis, complications, and related management of diabetes. Students will define primary health care goals and recognise the barriers to diabetes care across specific population groups. Further, this unit will explore the principles of shared decision-making incorporating best available evidence in diabetes education and advanced clinical practice.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: PODI13009

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2017

Rockhampton
Sydney

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Class Timetable

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Written Assessment
Weighting: 50%
2. Examination
Weighting: 50%

Assessment Grading

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.

Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Student Feedback - Have Your Say

Feedback

This course was a great educational tool to provide students with a global understanding of principals pertaining to diabetes and podiatry.

Recommendation

Diabetes as a condition is a global challenge and this course will continue to teach a global understanding of diabetes as a chronic disease to embed awareness for greater student learning of the consequences of diabetes in podiatry practice.

Feedback from Student Feedback - Have Your Say Staff Reflection

Feedback

Some of the questions in the final exam were more in-depth pharmaceutically and based on microbiology.

Recommendation

This course will continue to cover infections of skin and soft tissue of the lower extremities that are typically associated with diabetes mellitus from a podiatry context. As podiatrists must also have knowledge of the pharmacological management of diabetes, this material will remain in this course and at an advanced level in the course that follows - PODI14010 High Risk Foot and Chronic Wound Care.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Examine the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical presentation of diabetes mellitus.
  2. Evaluate the psychosocial impact of diabetes as a contributor to death and disability across diverse population groups in Australia.
  3. Describe the microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
  4. Evaluate the process of assessment including risk categorisation and wound care management in the patient with diabetes.
  5. Implement patient-centred care and facilitate self-management education strategies for diabetes related care in podiatry practice.
  6. Discuss the role of interprofessional practice in effective management of the patient with diabetes.
  7. Apply best evidence in the management of diabetes in podiatry practice.

Per NPC1306

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Written Assessment - 50%
2 - Examination - 50%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
9 - Social Innovation
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes

Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment - 50%
2 - Examination - 50%
Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

There are no required textbooks.

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Unit Website (Moodle)
Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts
Malia Ho Unit Coordinator
m.ho@cqu.edu.au
Schedule
Week 1 Begin Date: 10 Jul 2017

Module/Topic

Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology and history.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 2 Begin Date: 17 Jul 2017

Module/Topic

Diabetes Mellitus - definition, diagnosis, and classification.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 3 Begin Date: 24 Jul 2017

Module/Topic

Insulin function, secretion and action.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 4 Begin Date: 31 Jul 2017

Module/Topic

Metabolism in persons with diabetes.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 5 Begin Date: 07 Aug 2017

Module/Topic

Macrovascular complications.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Vacation Week Begin Date: 14 Aug 2017

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 6 Begin Date: 21 Aug 2017

Module/Topic

Microvascular complications.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 7 Begin Date: 28 Aug 2017

Module/Topic

The foot in diabetes - part 1: low risk, the role of the podiatrist.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 8 Begin Date: 04 Sep 2017

Module/Topic

The foot in diabetes - part 2: high risk, the role of the podiatrist.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 9 Begin Date: 11 Sep 2017

Module/Topic

Pharmacology and immunology of diabetes.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Written Assessment Due: Week 9 Friday (15 Sept 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 10 Begin Date: 18 Sep 2017

Module/Topic

Daily management requirements of diabetes.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 11 Begin Date: 25 Sep 2017

Module/Topic

The social and psychological effects of diabetes.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 12 Begin Date: 02 Oct 2017

Module/Topic

Promoting health through the diabetes team.

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Review/Exam Week Begin Date: 09 Oct 2017

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Exam Week Begin Date: 16 Oct 2017

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Term Specific Information

Attendance: As per the University’s recommendation that "All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes,” students should also be aware that there is clear evidence to show that attendance rates are directly related to academic progress. It is therefore in your best interest and strongly recommended in the Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course, that you attend all scheduled learning activities to support your learning. Attendance will be recorded.

Uniform: In all practical classes, students are required to wear the nominated uniform. Students must purchase their uniform from the bookshop. This uniform is separate to the mandatory clinical uniform. Please refer to the Podiatry Course Handbook for further detail.

Assessment Tasks

1 Written Assessment

Assessment Title
Written Assessment

Task Description

Students will be required to submit a written assessment in the form of an essay. Students are to review the literature in order to establish the current knowledge of a particular topic/s specific to the field of diabetes and clinical practice. Students will be able to choose the topic/s from a variety of writing choices based on particular patient case scenarios. Further details will be provided via the course Moodle site in the early weeks of the term.


Assessment Due Date

Week 9 Friday (15 Sept 2017) 11:45 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2017)


Weighting
50%

Assessment Criteria

The marking guide (rubric) and feedback sheet will be made available under the 'Assessment' link in Moodle.

Note: APA referencing system is used for all written assessments. In-text citations are counted as part of the word count for assessment purposes. Penalties will be applied where those strict word limits are exceeded (+/- 10%). If the assessment item exceeds 10%, the content will not be assessed by the examiner (excludes tables, appendices and references where applicable). If you are late submitting your assignment – each day incurs a 5% penalty.


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Examine the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical presentation of diabetes mellitus.
  • Evaluate the psychosocial impact of diabetes as a contributor to death and disability across diverse population groups in Australia.
  • Describe the microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
  • Evaluate the process of assessment including risk categorisation and wound care management in the patient with diabetes.
  • Implement patient-centred care and facilitate self-management education strategies for diabetes related care in podiatry practice.
  • Discuss the role of interprofessional practice in effective management of the patient with diabetes.
  • Apply best evidence in the management of diabetes in podiatry practice.


Graduate Attributes
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Information Literacy
  • Team Work
  • Information Technology Competence
  • Cross Cultural Competence
  • Ethical practice

Examination

Outline
Complete an invigilated examination

Date
During the examination period at a CQUniversity examination centre

Weighting
50%

Length
180 minutes

Exam Conditions
Closed Book

Materials
No calculators permitted
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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